The Organising Committee cordially invites you to attend the XXIInd International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC-ISMC 2012), which will be held in Berlin on September 2 - 6, 2012. It will be organised jointly by the German Chemical Society (GDCH) Division of Medicinal Chemistry and the German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG) Section of Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry, on behalf of the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC). The EFMC-ISMC 2012 will continue the tradition established by these biennial International Symposia and will cover drug discovery advances in all major therapeutic areas as well as the most recent advances in lead identification and optimization strategies, drug design and profiling technologies. Particular emphasis will be put on first time disclosures. ISMC 2012 will also illustrate the impact of the -omics and biomarker areas on the interfaces between chemistry, informatics, biology and experimental medicine.